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Originally Posted by SCION
There's nothing to fear Kindle Keyboard lovers.
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I'm gonna go with FDR and say that we have nothing to fear except fear itself. However, Amazon does seem to be phasing out the keyboard models. And it's not clear to me whether black and white electronic ink is ever going to be much better than what we have in the K3. eInk Corp. may simply be unable to make the contrast much better than they have with Pearl. And Amazon's strategy, pretty clearly, with both general merchandise and hand held devices, is to start with readers but then move on to larger markets. So I'm trying to treat my K3 gently enough so it lasts a good long time.
Five years from now, it's quite possible that a used K3 in good condition will sell for more than a new one does today. It will be mildly interesting to see which type of eReader holds its value better.